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rEDFOT?D MATE 'fftlBryE. rEDFO"RD, OKEGOy. TTEPyESDT. "ATJGrST 10. 1938.
OF GOONSTERS IN
HALF YEAR DRIVE
Over Forty Men Now Lan
guish in Cells Through
Confessions or Convic
tions; Few Yet to Be Tried
PORTLAND. Aug. 10, W) Onion
labor In Oregon trwuia path today
frea of th racketeora who besmirch
ed Ita reputation.
In the county Jail and aut prlaon
langutsh more than 40 men who have
pleaded guilty or been convicted aince
last February of an assortment of
crimes ranging from almple aaaault
to complex plota or anion and bomb
ing. A few remain to be dealt with,
but for the moat part the email gang
of lawless individual who nttached
thcmselve to labor' label and oom-
mltted more than 250 act of vlollnce
over a two-year period have ruffered
the law' penalties for their terrorism
of employers, employes and even rival
union who failed to fall In line with
their organization Idea.
Only Small Union Group.
A salient fact In the six-month
campaign of police and prosecutors
to end the reign of terrorism wss
that the 100 or o men (Treated' com
prised but a fraction of the thous
and of union workers Innocent of
wrongdoing. In the final washout.
only four of Portland' 118 unions
figured In the violence the team
sters, masters, mates and pilot, two
dry clesner groups and a, scattering
of grocery clerks, both A.P.L. Each
. of these speedily condemned the vio
lent acts of a few leadera and soon
Installed officers replacing them.
The climax of the antl-terrorlsm
campaign was the recent conviction of
Albert E. Rower. 44, the baldlah for-
mer secretary of the 'A.P.L. teamster
unions of Oregon and once a moat
powerful figure In the state's lsbor
picture. A circuit court Jury at Dal
las. 60 miles south of here, pinned
upon him the crime of complicity In
the destruction by fire last November
of a box factory at West Salem. The
flames, spreading to a lumber yard,
caused damage estimated at (130,000.
.Major Crime.
This was the major crime of the
racketeers and was the means em
ployed to desl with the rerslstent
refusal of the factory employes and
management to accept union or
ganization. Of the five thus far declared guilty
In the arson plot. Al U. Banks, for
mer teamster business sgent at Sa
lem, drew a 12-year prison term:
Ernest Carson. Cecil Moore and John
Ncwlanns, who like Bank pleaded
guilty, have yet to be sentenced, and
Roaser, who has filed notice of ap
peal, faces a possible sentence of five
to 1ft year. The fate of several
others charged In the same crime
remain to be determined, tut two
have been freed.
Rosser's conviction stood out be
cause of the prisoner's exalted sta
tion In ft union that had gained
peculiar power because of Its Juris
diction over r key trade and because
of Its traditional willingness to carry
the torch for other unions In times
of trouble.
The antl-terrorlsm drive wss set
off by the bombing last Janusry of
cleaning establishment here and
which, oddly enough, has never been
solved. The testimony of a rela
tively minor figure who "sang" be
cause of a grudge, atarted a trail of
confessions. One man's story reached
out and caught others end they in
volved new figure until at length
nearly score of men clothed with
titles In certain unions found them
selves In Jstl and crimes dating back
as far as two years had been laid
at the door of labor.
Crime Fount Vnfonnd.
Officials of the mate Federation of
Labor, aa well as police and prose
cutora. were unable to trace the wave
of vandalism, bombings, acld-throw-Ing,
assaults and arson to oeMnlte
beginning. District Attorney Jemes
R. Bain of Portland, a leader In the
prosecutions, sstd the terrorism was
not an outgrowth of the A.P.L -CI O.
Jurlafllrtlonal fight. In fact. Ml
Agreed that the violence began be
fore the sehlsm In labor's ranks.
A more logical beginning, say labor
federation executives, waa ht beer
fight between the teamsters and Vie
brewery workers. This dispute mas
national In scope at the outset and
grew exceedingly bitter on the west
roast about two years a.so. Its crux
wss whether the tesnuters or the
rival brewery union should control
beer deliveries.
The traditionally mtlltsnt tt-msters
had grown rapidly prior to this dis
pute and they exercised Jurisdiction
over a trade that necessarily affected
most other trades. Certain of their
leaders, aware of their strategic, posi
tion, used It In the general unioniz
ing movement. They aided weak
craft In times of trouble and won
a philanx of friends through union
ism, to say nothing of a formidable
reputation.
TraniMer Oanzrenus.
It was a catch-phrase In union
l ibor that "If you have the teamsters
with you. you can't lose."
Lsbor chiefs said they believed
that as this rugged, militant union
trew to great strength It held an
understandable lure to a dangerous
,und undesirable type of men. There
were some 13.000 teamsters In Oregon
at the presumed stsrt of the terror
Ism wave and among them, oeyond
question, were unprincipled adven
;urers who were looking for t chance
'o get In fteht. "
In Play Tonight FFSTIVAI
SET FOR I
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Largest Audience in Series
to Date Sees Hamlet
Veteran Shakespeare
Actor Praises Production
llrrn li GMrffi F. Smith u Mai
Tollo In Turin h Mr lit which will
be prrntM at the Elizabethan lh
atcr In Afthlnnd at 8:30 tonlrfit for
the first time In the current Ore? on
Shakespearean Festival. Mr. Smith
had placed Malrollo ilnre Twelfth
Nliht was first produced four year
ago and U one of the rreat comrdv
farorttea In the play.
When the bser war atarted they
spurned the more patient methods
and toole to beatups and vandalism
and other forma of "direct action."
Prom thla. federation chiefs believe.
grew the Oregon "Goons, as me
vandals were called.
Once the start was made, a few
sincere, thoughtful unionists allowed
themselves to be drawn In. on the
mistaken belief they were acting for
labor' good.
Ill Effects Seen.
Federation offlcera deplored the
vandalism wave because "we do not
approve of violence, If for no other
reason than because It doesn't pay"
and because the Inevitable "antl-terrorlsm
campaign hurt the morale of
the unions, lost public support and
made union labor ttmld at a time
when clean, undeflled aggrecslvenejw
waa badly needed.
A far cry from the dally accounts
of violence of a few months ago
was the conference held a few days
ago at the call of a Portland union
leader who got business men and
labor figures together and organized
a comm)tte which will Jointly aeek
the speediest, moat practical course
back to better times for both bus
iness and the working man.
With another new attendance rec
ord established at last night's repeat
performance of Hamlet, Interest
turned to the presentation of Twelfth
Night this evening for the first time
In the current Oregon Shakespearean
Festival.
Twelftii Night will be given only
once In this year's festival at the
Elizabethan theater In Ashland. It
has been one of the most popular
of the Shakespenre , comedies since
the festival was founded four years
ago. The curtain will rise on the
play at 8:30.
Last night's audience waa t-.e
largest at any of the plays In the
current series to date. The attend
ance this year has been cumulative.
With the exception of Saturday
night, attendance has Increased at
each performance. Saturday's audi
ence waa the biggest for any Satur
day In the four-year history of the
festival.
Sent Hale Gains.
With most of the sponsoring mem
bership tickets already used, the sale
of Individual seats at the theater
box office has been increasing stead
ily. Reserved seat and general ad
mission tickets may be procured not
only at U:e box office but In advance
at the Fruit t Musta and Radio Cen
ter, lit Wast Main street, and at the
Ashland Chamber of Commerce.
least night's audience saw another
smooth production of Shakespeare's
great tragedy. The play was present'
ed with the professional finesse U a
characterized the production at the
opening of se festival last Friday
evening.
In lost night's audience waa Wll
Ham Oreenleaf, retired professional
Shakespearean actor who makes bis
home on Uie Old Stage road. Taking
part In the Informal backstage re
ceptlon after the ahow, Mr. Oreen
leaf said the production was excellent
In all Its phases. He related that he
had now seen 26 different compan
ies present Hamlet and he ranked
the Oregon Shakespearean Festival
association high among them.'
Receptions Popular.
Incidentally the backstage recep
tions are proving a popular Innova
tion. Anyone In the audience may go
backstage after the performance to
meet the players.
Copies of the Illustrated souvenl:
programs sold at each show nave
been requested for their files by Har
vard university and the New York
public library.
Figures disclosed today by Mrs. H
Chandler Egan, chairman of the
Med ford sponsoring membership
committee, and Mrs. H. M. Schilling,
chairman of the Ail land committee.
showed a sizeable gain in member
ships over lost year's totals. The
Med ford total this year was 131
.sponsoring members, more than dou
ble last year's 05. The Ashland to
tal this year was 90 as compared
with 70 a year ago. Receipts for tue
first three performances exceeded
the entire proceeds of the festival
last year.
Mrs. Egan said that the sale of
sponsoring memberships this year
was an easy task, the Interest created
by the festival In the past making
natural demand for tickets.
New .Members.
Mcdford sponsoring members 'not
previously announced Include Mr.
and Mrs. Paris B. Bfgelow, M& and
Mrs. William A. Gates, Mr. and Mrs.
Ctarlts A. Wlnf and Mr. and Mrs.
0. D. Tallla of Hilt, Cal.
New Ashland members Include
Prof. Irving Vlnlng, Mrs. F. O. Swed
enburg, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge M
Oreen, Homer Billings, Miss Paulina
Carter, Dora E. Wight, John Murphy
and Miss Floy Young.
Tonight's play, Twelfth Night, It
will be recalled, la a comedy of mis
taken Identity. Each believing tho
other has been drowned in a tiiip
wreck, a twin brother and sister go
their separate ways. To obtain em
ployment, the girl, Viola, disguises
herself as her twin brother and be
comes attendant upon a young lord
who Is meeting with scant success
In wooing Lady Olivia.
Cast U Gltcn.
The young gentleman places re
sponslblllty of winning nla lady upon
Viola, now known as Cesarlo. Lady
Olivia falls In love with Cesarlo and
to complicate matters the twin
brother shows up and there Is much
confusion. Ultimately everything Is
untangled and Viola marries the lord
with whom she has fallen In love.
The cast follows:
Orslno Angus Moore
Sebastaln Jim Parsons
Antonio .... .Hgen Moore
Vletlne Don Sloane
Curio - Norman Hamilton
Sir Toby Belch... ....Angus L. Bowmcr
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Tom Fatrchlld
Mil vol lo Geo. F. Smith
Fabian William Cottrell
Feste ....... Robert Stedman
Olivia Melba Day i
Viola .. Sallle Geary
Maria. Kitty Ingle
Priest ............ . . Don Sloane I
Officer .. Arden Hall '
Tbe Merchant of Venice will be re- I
pea ted tomorrow night and tlie i
Taming of the Shrew on Friday ev
ening. Hamlet will bring the festi
val to a close Saturday night.
Mrs. Murray Dies
KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 10. (AP)
Mrs. E. J. Murray died yesterday
San Francisco following a long
Illness. She was the wife of the
former publisher of the Klamath
Falls Evening Herald.
LIT WAR'S FUSE
ONLY YEAR AGO
Fight Between Jap Sub-Lieutenant
and Shanghai- Air
drome Guards Marked
Beginning of Onslaught
By MORRIS J. HARRIS
SHANGHAI. Aug. 10. (Pi One year
ago Tuesday a fight In Shanghai
transformed the north China conflict
with Japan Into a minor war.
The spark was struck when a Jap
anese naval sub-lieutenant ana nis
chauffeur engaged In a tun battle
with Chinese airdrome guardr while
motoring along the west borders of
the city, near Hungjao airdrome.
The two Japanese and two Chinese
were shot dead, and central China
was thereby doomed to the fhtes of
war.
After the initial clash of troops one
month earlier, on July 7 at Petptng.
there had been hope the righting
would be limited to the northern
provinces.
Troops flushed In.
But for four days after the air
field incident, both Chinese and Jap
anese rushed armed forces Into
Shanghai.
On August 23 the storm broke, to
continue until Shanghai was dom
inated by Japanese, the Chinese capi
tal of Nanking captured, the center
of the country ravaged by warfare.
It continues with Japan fighting
along the upper Yangtze river. 110
miles below Hankow, the present pro
visional capital of China and current
JaDaneaa objective.
The August 13 fighting marked
the first warfare In Shanghai aince
1933.
Fear August 14.
August became "bloody Saturday."
Chinese and Japanese air legions,
the latter with the assistance of anti
aircraft guns aboard Japan?se war
ships, battled over the heart of the
city's foreign areas.
Nanking road. Edward VII avenue
and other prominent streets were
bombed. Thousands wore killed and
Injured, Within a few days, the
majority of foreign women and chil
dren had run a gauntlet of blazing
guns to safer cities.
Today, with deadly seriousness.
Shanghai launched a precautionary
program to guard against disorder
the anniversary. An estimated
15.000 police defense troops and vol
unteer units of varloua nationalities
were on duty, along with heavy Jap
anese forces, lest there be an out
break of anti-Japanese terrorism.
latlon would be 1800 million inhab
itants Instead of 137 million.
I
ROSEBURO. Ore.. Aug. 10 (AP)
E. A. Frey. 45. San Oabrlfl, Calif..
was drowned late Tuesuay wnne
fishing In the North Umpqua river
near Jack creek. Mrs. Prey, who
heard his calls for help as he wss
carried away by the swift current,
was unable to find his body snd
drove to the nearby Steamboat CCC
camp where more than 30 men re
sponded and recovered the body 30
minutes later, about an eighth of a
mile below Jack creek.
Frey had been camped with his
wife, daughter and small son at
Canton creek for the past week.
If the United States were populat
ed as densely as Holland Its popu-
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VISIT AT PICNIC
Former residents of low from
Medford were hosts Sunday to the
Southern Oregon Iowa Picnic asso
ciation at Jackson Hot Springs.
About 300 ex-Iowans were In attend
ance.
A plcnto at noon, followed by a
short program and Informal visiting
were highlights of the day. The pro
gram consisted of group singing of
the Iowa state song: a duet by U E
Stennett, Medford. and son. A. J
Stennett. Crescent City. Cal.: rend
ing by Owen H. BamhUl, Ashland,
violin solo by Harold Stindvlk, Oylm
pla. Wash., and comic skit by L. E.
atennett.
The association voted to meet next
year at Riverside park, Orant Pass,
and R. B. Blankenberg of that city
was nelectrd to head the (tr.nip. R.
C. Morris. Medford, waa president the
past year.
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